If, like us, you had visions of African beaches and Shanghai sunsets dancing in your heads this holiday season, then consider those visions realized—virtually at least. In our second installment of holiday travel diaries, some of our favorite adventurers share pictures from their enviable winter vacations. Biking along beaches, touring temples—and meeting an elephant!—were all on the itinerary for art director Sofía Sánchez Barrenechea, while entrepreneur Hannah Bronfman and vbeauté founder Julie Macklowe both made the proverbial (but enviable) pilgrimage to St. Barth’s. Vogue.com Contributing Photographer Claiborne Swanson Frank opted to take it easy in sunny Naples, Florida, a trip surrounded by family and topped off with a decadent birthday cake, but it was back to the ranch (and back in the saddle again) for Vênsette founder Lauren Remington Platt, who rediscovered her love of horseback riding at Canyon Ranch in Arizona. And although Ruby Kobo jewelry designer Yuvi Alpert may have taken the last plane there, he was in no hurry to say goodbye to the beautiful villages and coasts of Cape Town. We can’t say we blame him. See all their photos in the slideshow above, and for more, go to Holiday Travel Diaries, Part I.